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Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 The SPC/NCDC lat/lon pairs actually put this tornado in Meade County. Grazulis narrative: A trailer and a barn were destroyed at Lawrenceburg. At least five small homes were destroyed. Injuries: April 14, 1972 Time: 1:45pm EF-Scale:EF1 Notes: On Route 1401 southeast of Harned a large well constructed barn, 30x50x80 feet, lost roof panels that were thrown 200 yards. 12. Narrative: A tornado, which possessed a "wrenching, spiral motion" according to witnesses and was described in the newspaper as "whirling and tossing about like a monster in pain" moved northeast through the southeast part of Louisville, damaging over a hundred buildings. Path length: 5 miles Time: 11:20pm EDT to 11:26pm EDT Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: None Tornadic damage continued east of Cox Ferry Road. At this tornado's touchdown point in Ohio County a witness said it "swerved" as it approached his house, just grazing the home but destroying the garage and a nearby barn. Path length: 8.2 miles Path width: 60 yards Time: Twelve homes were destroyed near Alton. 1886: Ohio's Deadliest Tornadoes of the 19th Century Notes: This tornado touched down in the Pellyton area. Path width: Path width: 100 yards Time: 11:32pm CST to 11:43pm CST Counties: Hardin At the intersection of Highway 1164 and 1544 at the Cedar GroveChurch there was roof damage to the church and many trees weretwisted and uprooted. Grazulis narrative: At Great Crossing, four miles west of Georgetown, a small tornado destroyed a home. An occupantof the home reported he was descending the F-scale: EF1 Path width:275 yards It then took a large section of roofing off the Paoli Police Department building on West Main Street before snapping several trees along Lick Creek as it moved east-northeast toward the city square. Counties: Henry Nobody knew about it until the next morning when they saw the scattered debris causing tales of a night phantom., A tornado was reported near Dallas, Texas on April 15, , 1879 that destroyed more than a dozen homes and injured twenty-five people. Deaths: Path width: 60 yards Counties: Jefferson IN Time: 5:45am Moving along to the northeast, the Muir area was next in line (near the intersection of KY 1970 and KY 1973 today). Grazulis times this tornado at 11:30pm. Jim Barnes of 1448 Canonero Drive said he was grilling steaks in his driveway. Counties: Washington KY Grazulis Narrative: Deaths: 0 Deaths: From here, the tornado raced east-northeast over more fields, where it snapped the tops off a few trees before it hit the next farm, at Milky Way Lane on Mt. F4) PDF, Current Hazards Noted discrepancies: Grazulis takes this tornado into Bullitt County as well. A liquor store and two warehouses were unroofed. A nearby well-built brick home had its roof and exterior walls swept away. 4th ed. It damage many roofs with the heaviest damage at a day care center in a residential home off Miami Court. F-scale: F2 Counties: Washington IN As the tornado moved east it strengthened to EF-2 intensity near the intersection of Floyd Street and Central Avenue where a large industrial building was heavily damaged. May 23, 2000 Counties: Dubois It moved northeast, leveling homes and forests west of Fairview, leveling a church north of Bear Branch, passing south of Milton, and lifting near Wilmington. Death toll may have been as high as 17. Notes: This tornado touched down three miles northeast of Huntingburg, destroying a barn and blowing several outbuildings off their foundation. The National Weather Service archive goes back to 1950. April 19, 2011 Path width: 50 yards This tornado "bounced like a rubber ball" and destroyed several homes. Counties: Madison Path length: Less than one mile SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. A 40 ft by 50 ft outbuilding was destroyed in the vicinity of the grain silo, with siding thrown up to 500 yards downwind. It uprooted and snapped the trunks of several large trees and did some minor roof damage to a home. Counties: Meade Notes: A family of tornadoes and downbursts moved from six miles west of Bowling Green to beyond Munfordville. The SPC/NCDC touchdown lat/lon is just barely inside Pulaski County. 1 world thing: The deadliest tornado in the world hit Bangladesh on April 26, 1989 and killed an estimated 1,300 people and injured another 12,000 people. October 18, 2007 Path length: At that point it heavily damaged two brick homes and one wood frame home as well as destroying a wood barn (overturning the tractor inside) and two metal outbuildings. Counties: Breckinridge, Hardin Path width: Counties: Marion At this location there was more tree and roof damage. ). SPC and NCDC give a path length of 49 miles, Grazulis gives one mile, Storm Data says 50 miles. Path width: Injuries: 1 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from five miles west of Centertown, on Shrull Lane, to Hartford. Time: 5:54pm - 5:56pm EDT April 20, 2011 A two-story pole tobacco barn was also destroyed. April 11, 2008 Notes: This tornado began at the Holiday Inn Express in Scottsburg, damaging the east side of the second floor. No trace of his cabin was ever found. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Storm Data says 25 yards. F-scale: F3 Counties: Woodford Multiple trees were snapped and uprooted. Injuries: 0 SPC gives a path length of 20 milesNCDC gives 21 milesGrazulis give 29 miles. Injuries: 0 Path length: 1.2miles February 24, 2018 Notes: Numerous windows and chimneys were damaged in downtown Greensburg. Path width: 300 yards NCDC does not include Trimble County. November 15, 2005 F-scale: F4 Path width: 125 yards Time: 8:07pm EST to 8:08pm EST Several trees were uprooted. Deaths: Path width: 50 yards Two other barns were also damaged or destroyed, and many trees were uprooted or damaged. However, some of the most significant damage of the storm took place almost a mile south of where this project feels the true tornado took place. Or, if you have information on a tornado that we were unable to plot due to conflicting data among our sources,let us knowthat as well. Warehouses were unroofed along Stoner's Creek. Time: 2:30pm November 22, 1992 south of Kyana, near the end of the damage path. Path width: Path width: Path length: 4.5 miles (skipping) Path width: 300 yards Counties: Henry A wood shed was destroyed. F-scale: F1 One of the first tornadoes reported in Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile northeast of Sharpsville to two miles northeast of Sharpsville. Counties: Clark, IN A history of twisters: Tornadoes in Mississippi since 1950. Injuries: County: Ohio Path length: 1.4miles Time: 8:10pm Injuries: Residents at the house said they could feel the intense pressure and everything trying to suck out of the house. Injuries: 0 F-scale: EF1 April 21, 1972 A 4000 pound trailer (concession trailer) was moved 30 yards, while a Ford pickup truck was moved 60 yards. EF-Scale:EF1 Path width: 100yards West Jessamine High School was hit around 7:36am when the tornadic wind speeds were around 145mph. May 2, 1948 Path width: 30yards May 27, 2004 See this YouTube video. Noted discrepancies: NCDC only lists Orange County, but the NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Lawrence County. Deaths: Counties: Breckinridge, Meade, Harrison IN November 28, 1879 Path width: 60yards Path length: 1/3 of a mile Injuries: 14 Winds were estimated at 85 mph in this area with a width of 50 yards. April 27, 1971 Injuries: 0 April 9, 1991 Path length: Time: 8:25pm Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from just northeast of Henryville, passing near Nabb, hitting Hanover and North Madison and the northwest edge of China, passing northwest of Canaan and ending three miles west of Cross Plains. About forty other homes had minor damage. Injuries: One of the most famous tornado stories F-scale: F2 Path width: Injuries: 0 One of the houses, a prefabricated home set on a concrete slab, "could not be found". F-scale: F3 Counties: Shelby Fort Campbell Injuries: 0 Notes:This touchdown occurred approximately 5 miles west of Salem on SW Washington School Rd. One resident lost twenty softwoodand hardwood trees, The tornado lifted just east of Hawley Gibson Road, twisting several trees on a farm there. Notes: Storm Data places this tornado near Riffe and along a ten mile long path from one mile northwest of Dunnville to Gilpin. As the tornado lifted at Coletown several trees fell or were snapped. KY Mesonet, Latest Forecasts Near Patton Road there was an enhanced area of tree damage, with the trees laying in a convergent pattern. The tornado also did some damage to the roof and shingles of a residence at 326 Jessica Circle. destroyed and hundreds of chickens were killed and/or lost. Counties: Anderson, Franklin, Scott KY Counties: Lincoln Injuries: EF-Scale:EF0 F-scale: F2 On October 25, 1844, a tornado moved northeast from present-day Mission, Kansas, into Missouri. Deaths: 0 Counties: Shelby, Henry The tornado continued on eastward, where it damaged several barns near US 31E. The rest of the damage along the path was restricted to trees. F-scale: Cottages were destroyed at Churchill and Eleventh and a brick house was blown down just south of that intersection. Cannot plot this tornado without further research. April 20, 2000 F-scale: F2 The peak wind speed was 80 mph and most of the damage was at the tree top level. Time: 5:30pm Five grain bins were blown away, and two others collapsed. Noted discrepancies: This tornado appears to be in the SPC database twice. Time: 7:00pm Path width: Notes:Several trees were toppled in a forest on the southwest portion of the path. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a time of 9:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data five 10:00pm. Path length: 0.6mile Injuries: A home was unroofed and tenant homes and barns were destroyed. Deaths: 2 F-scale: F0 Grazulis probably has the more correct path width. Time: 3:30pm Danger and Hardship on the Oregon Trail - Legends of America Towards the end of the path a pole barn was destroyed and a home was unroofed on US 31W. Path length: 2.2miles The tornado briefly made about a 25 degree turn to the northeast just before dissipating and causing some roof damage and tree damage at its end point. Fifty homes were damaged or destroyed, mostly in and near Cave City. April 22, 2011 Debris from the split level home was dropped across the road, where a few more trees were snapped and uprooted. Notes: This tornado touched down at Churchill Downs with EF-1 strength and wind speeds of up to 105 mph. It flattened the structure, collapsing it to the southeast, while the metal roofing was distributed in a circulating pattern around it - from southeast to northeast to northwest, with the bulk being to the The tornado quickly strengthened and caused quite a bit of damage in Saint Helens, just southwest of Shively. The most concentrated damage was at 1630 SW Washington School Rd. The lack of an F-scale is frustrating. On Michael Edward Drive the garage door was blown in on a detached garage and the roof was lifted off and shifted a foot. Notes: The tornado uprooted and snapped several large trees and destroyed a small shed on Daisy Hill Road north of Borden. Winds increased to95 mph with a width of 225 yards. EF-Scale: EF-2 Path length: This photo was taken in Lebanon, Tennessee. where 2 structures were destroyed. Time: 7:06am Path length: Injuries: Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped in half. County: Taylor A second building, a large two-story brick industrial building 1/2 mile east, had about 20 percent of its metal roof peeled off. Time: 6:30pm F-scale: F2 Injuries: 250 Injuries: 0 Path width: Path length: 0.5mile EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: In the LMK CWFA, only Centertown and Beaver Dam (both Ohio County) are mentioned in the Storm Data narrative. Deaths: August 14, 2002 EF-Scale:EF1 Notes:Most of the damage was around the southeastern portion of the Alvaton community. Deaths: 0 March 1, 2017 Injuries: The tornado began to skip and struck a few trees in Forest Springs North before moving into Oldham County. Time: 1:00pm In Metcalfe County, south of Center, a pole barn was uplifted and scattered across a field. It was 1882 when the first tornado researcher started gathering information on weather patterns and damages in the hopes of saving lives in the future. Time: 2:22pm Central Path width: 75 yards Injuries: Path length: 1/10 of a mile Deaths: 0 The tornado did minor roof damage to a house near Martin Road. Counties: Warren Path width: 400 yards Several homes and barns in far northern Jefferson County were damaged. F-scale: F1 Time: 3:22pm May 6, 1840 - The Great Natchez Tornado kills 317 in Natchez, Mississippi. Several homes sustained extensive damage and three people were injured. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 20 yards, NCDC says 27 yards, Storm Data says 25 yards. November17, 2013 EF-Scale: EF-2 Tree damage continued along thepath with additional EF-2 damage occurring attwo chicken farms where a 200 yd long chicken barn was destroyed and hundreds of chickens were killed and/or lost. Injuries: Notes: The tornado first touched down along Millstown Road southwest of Park City. Notes: This small tornado touched down near the intersection of Iron Mountain Road and Kidd Road where it heavily damaged a barn, then moved east-northeast over open farmland before hitting a farm on the west side of Center Three Springs Road. Deaths: 0 Path length: 3.3 miles Nothing was left standing from the river to Blanton Station in a swatch two blocks wide. Counties: Dubois Counties: Anderson Notes: Thistornado briefly touched down on SpinksDrive just off of Highway 69. He was medically airlifted to Louisville. Notes: The tornado destroyed a barn and snapped large hardwood trees where it touched down just northwest of LaGrange. On Cardwell Way a carport collapsed, three homes were damaged, and a car was demolished. Deaths: July 2, 1980 Counties: Adair F-scale: EF0 Path width: 75 yards EF-Scale:EF0 Narrative: A tornado moved northeast from near Park City to Cave City. Time: 5:10pm Path length: 0.5 mile Deaths: 0 (Credit: Library of Congress . EF-Scale: EF-0

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